Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32945
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.028409
Description
After seeing a girl raped and becoming obsessed with her, sixteen-year-old Thulani finds motivation to move beyond his interest in his pigeons and his grief over his mother's death.